August 2018

Malawi, South Africa to face off at Cosafa

Aug 29, 2018 Chikondi Magalasi 1 &

Malawi national women football team has been handed tough sides to face at the 2018 Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (Cosafa) women championship. This year’s tournament will be held in Port Elizabeth in South… ...

Poor service delivery in rural areas fuelling abortion

Aug 29, 2018 Malumbo Harrison Kumwenda 0 &

Poor service delivery in rural areas is said to be fuelling unsafe abortions among teenagers in the country. This was revealed at a capacity building training workshop on reporting abortion organised by Centre for Solution… ...

JECON church celebrates 20th anniversary

Aug 29, 2018 Archangel Nzangaya 1 &

Jesus Christ of Nazareth (JECON) church over the past weekend celebrated 20 years of existence. The celebrations happened from Friday to Sunday at Manyowe ground in Blantyre under theme 'Preparing for Jesus Christ'. During the… ...

Maize thieves get five years in jail

Aug 29, 2018 Mike Lyson Zgambo 2 &

The High Court in Mzuzu has sentenced Eric Banda aged 45 and Colless Phiri aged 31 to 5 years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing bags of maize. The court through state prosecutor Chawinga heard… ...

Man arrested for calling baby money

Aug 29, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

Police in the Zomba have arrested a 30 year old man for insulting a one year old baby with albinism. Eastern Region police spokesperson Joseph Sauka told Malawi24 that the suspect Thomas Abdul met a… ...

Circumcisers wound 12 year old boy

Aug 29, 2018 Bright Malenga 0 &

A manhunt is underway in Chikwawa for a group of people who wounded a 12-year-old boy accused of revealing secrets of an initiation camp. This occurred on Monday evening at Mikadzu Village in the area… ...

Council, DPP taken to task over mayor’s house

Aug 28, 2018 Malawi24 Reporter 1 &

Rights activists have threatened to take the Blantyre City Council (BCC) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to court over the sale of the Blantyre Mayor’s house. The activists Timothy Mtambo and Gift Trapence are demanding… ...